Senin, 18 Februari 2013

Do i have hyperlipidemia and obesity?

Q. so it wasnt long ago when i got blood out of me. i got a letter from the mail today saying im referred to a cardiology and nutritionist, and the near middle it saids this:
"Diagnosis: Obesity, Hyperlipidemia" , So do i have hyperlipidemia and obesity. Best Answer Get Max Points. Thank you for responding.
So by you saying yes i do have it but it can be diagnosis.

A. Hyperlipidemia is just a fancy name for high cholesterol. So, you are apparently overweight and have high cholesterol - these two things usually occur together and both are usually diet-related.

How does hypertention, hyperlipidemia, and smoking, participate in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis?
Q.

A. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherosclerosis
Cigarette-endothelial dysfunction and a relatively hypercoagulable state
hypertention-morphologic alterations of the arterial intima and functional alterations of the endothelium
hyperlipidemia- Endothelial injury
Bottom line- All risk factors cause endothelial dysfunction which is the earliest manifestation of atherosclerosis

What are the various types of hyperlipidemias?
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A. Type I or Buerger-Gruetz syndrome, or Primary hyperlipoproteinaemia, or Familial hyperchylomicronemia
Problems: Decreased lipoprotein lipase (LPL) or altered ApoC2
Treatment: Diet Control

Type IIa or Polygenic hypercholesterolaemia or Familial hypercholesterolemia
Problems: LDL receptor deficiency
Treatment: Bile Acid Sequestrants, Statins, Nicotinic acid

Type IIb or Combined hyperlipidemia
Problems: Decreased LDL receptor and Increased ApoB
Treatment: Statins, Nicotinic acid, Gemfibrozil

Type III or Familial Dysbetalipoproteinemia
Problems: Defect in ApoE synthesis
Treatment: Gemfibrozil

Type IV or Endogenous Hyperlipemia
Problems: Increased VLDL production and Decreased elimination
Treatment: Nicotinic acid

Type V or Familial Hypertriglyceridemia
Problems: Increased VLDL production and Decreased LPL
Treament: Nicotinic acid, Gemfibrozil

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlipidemia




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